Google Labs hosts early stage product prototypes that end users can try out without guarantees that they’ll work well or even exist in the near future. Google has always touted its policy to encourage innovation among employees and to release new products early and refine them in the public eye. Product-specific Labs sites, like Gmail Labs, Google Maps Labs and Search Experiments, aren’t affected by the decision. A date for closing Google Labs hasn’t been determined; most of the Google Labs Android apps will move over to the Android Market.”]
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